Eloqua yesterday announced Eloqua Prospect Profiler , which makes it easier for salespeople to review prospect behaviors that are captured by the demand generation system. Back to Eloqua Prospect Profiler. But whether this is truly unique to Eloqua, I can't say. MORE

That points to the evolving nature of the market, and the key functions of lead nurturing, scoring, and automated triggers becoming part of email marketing and other marketing solutions. Note: I used publicly available data and wasn’t able to find Eloqua’s Series A, so I deducted based on valuation of their second round. MORE

We had real problems with lead quality.” “We The common thread amongst these complaints is lack of 1) sales satisfaction and 2) lead quality. So what is it about some content syndication programs that create leads that sales reps don’t want? MORE

I haven’t looked closely at any of these but they all seem to promise the core demand generation capabilities of email, landing pages, automated nurturing, lead scoring, and sales system integration. In other marketing automation segments, including MCIF systems and campaign management for consumer marketers, the ability to provide such services was the single most important difference between winners and losers. Lead scoring formulas are essentially rules as well. MORE

Many digital marketers are using marketing automation tools to automate lead nurturing. But if you want to expand your business, you also need to continuously add new leads to your database. Traditional lead sources are tradeshows or lead programs with magazines. Those are definitely useful, but the number of leads is low and the cost per lead is high. It may be attractive to shift more budget to generating leads via your company’s website. MORE

Home Forrester Research « Getting Up Close and Personal | Main | Social Technographics Data Now Available » March 20, 2008 B2B LeadManagement Market Heats Up [Posted by Laura Ramos ] Since the start of this year, I’ve been receiving a boatload of briefing requests from companies wanting to show me their lead generation and management solutions. Most recently, Marketo just announced their leadmanagement solution. Lead farming? MORE

Home Forrester Research « We’re renaming the blog | Main | New networks in the news » April 16, 2008 Numeric Scoring: The Key To LeadManagement Success [Posted by Laura Ramos ] Recently I saw a preview of Eloqua’s spring release and it got me thinking about the role lead scoring plays in determining campaign effectiveness. I hadn’t seen the product in a while and was impressed with the UI improvements the Eloqua team has produced. " --"What leads? MORE

Eloqua Marketing Insights and Digital Body Language. For Eloqua I’m following two blogs. It is about Internet marketing: very interesting posts about SEO, PPC and Social Media. Market2Lead Marketing Automation and LeadManagement blog. Reachforce: The B2B Lead. Reachforce publishes almost daily Lead Generation tips. ReadyContacts Lead Data Management blog. MORE

In other words, Marketing Studio competes with high-end demand generation systems like Eloqua , Market2Lead and Neolane. Eloqua and Market2Lead are based on sales automation data, but can incorporate external tables. This starts with the core functions of any business marketing system: outbound and multi-step email campaigns, landing pages, Web behavior tracking , lead scoring, Salesforce.com integration, reporting and content management. MORE

2009 was the year in which Marketing Automation really took off. Integration of Social Media, Inbound Marketing and Marketing Automation. 1) We’re at a point where we have lot of data about marketing performance, but it’s a big challenge to turn it into actionable information (2) we’re actively tweeting, blogging and using LinkedIn, but how can that be effectively managed, and how can it be measured? (3) Manager, Inbound Marketing, Marketo. MORE

Home Forrester Research « I was recently briefed by | Main | Going Corporate » August 26, 2008 Demandbase: A New Twist In The LeadManagement Automation Market [Posted by Laura Ramos ] In a recent survey of over 2100 IT professionals who buy or recommend telecom and networking solutions, we found buyers turn to peers and colleagues first, followed by vendor, industry trade, or professional Web sites, to inform their purchase decisions. Just makes it easier to manage all the stuff. MORE

On this blog you will find insights and advice about how to make conventional, online, and social media work well in B2B marketing. The sister report , also published April 24, looks at which tactics B2B marketers use and how well it all works for building brand and generating leads. MORE

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 recent exchange he had with Brian Carroll on his B2B Lead Gene. MORE

Eloqua yesterday announced Eloqua Prospect Profiler , which makes it easier for salespeople to review prospect behaviors that are captured by the demand generation system. Back to Eloqua Prospect Profiler. But whether this is truly unique to Eloqua, I can't say.

Home Forrester Research « Getting Up Close and Personal | Main | Social Technographics Data Now Available » March 20, 2008 B2B LeadManagement Market Heats Up [Posted by Laura Ramos ] Since the start of this year, I’ve been receiving a boatload of briefing requests from companies wanting to show me their lead generation and management solutions. Most recently, Marketo just announced their leadmanagement solution. Lead farming?

Home Forrester Research « I was recently briefed by | Main | Going Corporate » August 26, 2008 Demandbase: A New Twist In The LeadManagement Automation Market [Posted by Laura Ramos ] In a recent survey of over 2100 IT professionals who buy or recommend telecom and networking solutions, we found buyers turn to peers and colleagues first, followed by vendor, industry trade, or professional Web sites, to inform their purchase decisions. Just makes it easier to manage all the stuff.

Home Forrester Research « We’re renaming the blog | Main | New networks in the news » April 16, 2008 Numeric Scoring: The Key To LeadManagement Success [Posted by Laura Ramos ] Recently I saw a preview of Eloqua’s spring release and it got me thinking about the role lead scoring plays in determining campaign effectiveness. I hadn’t seen the product in a while and was impressed with the UI improvements the Eloqua team has produced. " --"What leads?

Many digital marketers are using marketing automation tools to automate lead nurturing. But if you want to expand your business, you also need to continuously add new leads to your database. Traditional lead sources are tradeshows or lead programs with magazines. Those are definitely useful, but the number of leads is low and the cost per lead is high. It may be attractive to shift more budget to generating leads via your company’s website.

I haven’t looked closely at any of these but they all seem to promise the core demand generation capabilities of email, landing pages, automated nurturing, lead scoring, and sales system integration. In other marketing automation segments, including MCIF systems and campaign management for consumer marketers, the ability to provide such services was the single most important difference between winners and losers. Lead scoring formulas are essentially rules as well.

Eloqua Marketing Insights and Digital Body Language. For Eloqua I’m following two blogs. It is about Internet marketing: very interesting posts about SEO, PPC and Social Media. Market2Lead Marketing Automation and LeadManagement blog. Reachforce: The B2B Lead. Reachforce publishes almost daily Lead Generation tips. ReadyContacts Lead Data Management blog.

That points to the evolving nature of the market, and the key functions of lead nurturing, scoring, and automated triggers becoming part of email marketing and other marketing solutions. Note: I used publicly available data and wasn’t able to find Eloqua’s Series A, so I deducted based on valuation of their second round.

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 recent exchange he had with Brian Carroll on his B2B Lead Gene.

In other words, Marketing Studio competes with high-end demand generation systems like Eloqua , Market2Lead and Neolane. Eloqua and Market2Lead are based on sales automation data, but can incorporate external tables. This starts with the core functions of any business marketing system: outbound and multi-step email campaigns, landing pages, Web behavior tracking , lead scoring, Salesforce.com integration, reporting and content management.

2009 was the year in which Marketing Automation really took off. Integration of Social Media, Inbound Marketing and Marketing Automation. 1) We’re at a point where we have lot of data about marketing performance, but it’s a big challenge to turn it into actionable information (2) we’re actively tweeting, blogging and using LinkedIn, but how can that be effectively managed, and how can it be measured? (3) Manager, Inbound Marketing, Marketo.

We had real problems with lead quality.” “We The common thread amongst these complaints is lack of 1) sales satisfaction and 2) lead quality. So what is it about some content syndication programs that create leads that sales reps don’t want?

I haven’t looked closely at any of these but they all seem to promise the core demand generation capabilities of email, landing pages, automated nurturing, lead scoring, and sales system integration. In other marketing automation segments, including MCIF systems and campaign management for consumer marketers, the ability to provide such services was the single most important difference between winners and losers. Lead scoring formulas are essentially rules as well.

Eloqua Marketing Insights and Digital Body Language. For Eloqua I’m following two blogs. It is about Internet marketing: very interesting posts about SEO, PPC and Social Media. Market2Lead Marketing Automation and LeadManagement blog. Reachforce: The B2B Lead. Reachforce publishes almost daily Lead Generation tips. ReadyContacts Lead Data Management blog.

On this blog you will find insights and advice about how to make conventional, online, and social media work well in B2B marketing. The sister report , also published April 24, looks at which tactics B2B marketers use and how well it all works for building brand and generating leads.